Australia Day 2016: Where to celebrate in Canberra
Australia Day fireworks on Lake Burley Griffin last year. Photo: Jay Cronan What's on in Canberra this Australia DayMonday, January 25 Tiana Jitts, Blair Mackenzie and Kailey Jitts at the Australia Day concert at Parliament House last year. Photo: Jay Cronan From 5pm, Jimmy Barnes headlines the free Australia Day concert on the lawns of Parliament House, with support acts Samantha Jade, Nathaniel and Cyrus Villanueva. Gates ..>> view original'We are all human': Canberra student calls for tolerance after racist ...
Sudanese refugee Atem Atem, pictured in 2012, has lived in Canberra for a decade. Photo: Colleen Petch Atem Atem stood his ground as a man yelled "darkie immigrant" and told him to go back where he came from during a five-minute racist tirade beside Lake Burley Griffin.Sudan-born Mr Atem, a PhD student at the Australian National University and former refugee, was shocked bystanders didn't intervene when the man unleashed the abuse, prompting him to question w..>> view originalLiberals push self-driving car plan for Canberra
New plan: Liberal transport spokesman Alistair Coe. Photo: Jay Cronan Canberra streets would be designated for trials of self-driving cars as part of a new plan being proposed by the opposition. Liberal transport spokesman Alistair Coe will release new exposure draft legislation on Monday, allowing for new technology autonomous vehicles to be tested in capital, similar to existing schemes in South Australia, Britain and some American states. Mr Coe believes C..>> view originalCanberra Muslims to deliver 'Loyalty to Homeland' Australia Day ...
Canberra Muslims to deliver 'Loyalty to Homeland' Australia Day leaflets Posted January 24, 2016 15:47:37 A group of Canberra Muslims will be handing out leaflets to show their love for the nation this Australia Day.The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Australia has launched a campaign to deliver 500,000 of the "Loyalty to Homeland" pamphlets across the country on Tuesday.The ACT branch said it hoped to deliver 8,000 across the Canberra region.Group member Khalid Mahmood ..>> view originalW-League: Controversial referee decision ends Canberra United's ...
Jasmyne Spencer scored a controversial goal in Sydney FC's 1-0 win over Canberra United. Photo: Getty Images Canberra United coach Rae Dower says her wallet isn't deep enough to give her honest opinion of the refereeing howler that ended her team's W-League championship defence.Players, fans and officials were furious after Canberra goalkeeper Lydia Williams was seemingly obstructed in the lead-up to Jasmyne Spencer's 61st minute winner for Sydney FC at McKel..>> view originalMexican tenor to become citizen in Canberra on Australia Day
Mexican tenor Diego Torre was in Canberra last November to sing at Voices in the Forest at the National Arboretum. Photo: Melissa Adams Last time he was in Canberra, Mexican tenor Diego Torre was filling the National Arboretum with his glorious voice.This time he will be taking the oath to become an Australian. On Tuesday - Australia Day - he will be taking centre stage at the national citizenship ceremony.And, he has been asked to sing the national anthem a..>> view originalGang-gang: Melting moments of 1939 - Canberra congress told ...
Canberra's powerful owl, laid low by the heatwave. Photo: John Bundock Today's column is about to beetle back to the extreme Canberra heatwave of January 1939. But just before we board a time machine (like the one envisaged by science-fiction giant H.G. Wells) we linger in our current 2016 heatwave for our latest look at the Powl, the powerful owl of Turner.The second most famous Canberran (after Nick Kyrgios) is alive and well but when John Bundock recently..>> view originalMissing Canberra man Tahadesse Kahsai last seen in Bruce
Missing Canberra man Tahadesse Kahsai last seen in Bruce Tahadesse Kahsai was last seen in Bruce on December 30. Photo: ACT Policing A Canberra man missing for close to a month was last seen in the Bruce area, police say.Tahadesse​ Kahsai​, 61, was last spotted in Bruce about 10.30am on Wednesday, December 30.A police spokeswoman said he was reported missing on December 31. He is described as being about 175 centimetres tall and slim, with cropped grey ..>> view originalPatriot with 90 Aussie flags calls for more pride in Canberra
Former horseman David 'Spurs' Goodall of Cook with his 2 year old blue heeler R M. Spurs decorated his Cook home with 90 Australian flags. Photo: Jeffrey Chan Australia Day enthusiast David Goodall plans to spend his favourite day of the year cooking up some lamb, cranking up Slim Dusty and sipping a Toohey's Old among the 90 Australian flags that mask his front lawn."I'd like to pose a question to the whole of Canberra," Mr Goodall – who prefers to be cal..>> view originalHousing and homelessness clear examples of a Canberra of two parts
Housing and homelessness issues have barely rated a blimp on our radar. In his 1982 book Sleepers, Wake! former Federal Minister Barry Jones attempted to jolt our national complacency.Sleepers, Wake! was startling in an Australia hopefully complacent that it could continue to ride off agriculture, historic industries and trading alliances that had been set in place since the Second World War.In a way Canberra is like Australia at the dawn of the 1980s – we hol..>> view original
Sunday, January 24, 2016
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